Wire fence



'(No ModeL)` P. H. BISSELL WIRE FENCE.

Patented Mar. I31, ,18854 wir ' WITNESSES N. KURS Phumuxhggnwhen wnshingum, D. c.

IlNTTnn STATES PATENT trici-3.

,. FRANK H. BISSELL, OF ORWELL, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MICHAEL NEIL', OF DAYTON, OHIO.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,785, dated March 31, 1885.

Application tiled February G. 1834. (No model.)

.being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part ot' this specification, and tothe figures and letters ot' reference marked thereon.

` I will tirst describe my several improvements in connection with `the accompanying t drawings ot' a fence embodying them, and will wthen point them outspecitically in the claims at the end 'of this specification.

In the drawings referred to, Figure 1 represents a perspective View ot a fence to which my improvements are applied. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views otthe stays for spacing and holding the wires. Fig. 4 is a side view of one of the tributar' postbrackets, showing in full lines the bracket open to admit a wire,

, and in dotted lines the same closed; and Fig. 5 l l is a sectional view of one ofthe post-brackets.

Similar letters of reference in the several iignres indicate the same parts.

- The letters A Az represent the two end posts of a tence-section, B B2 B3 the intermediate posts, and O' C2 Oii the several lines ot' wire.

These wires are strung by being fastened to v one ot'the end posts-A', for instance-carried th encealong theseveral intermediate posts, and

then fastened to suitable stretchers, D D" D3, located on the end post A2, and bysaid stretchers drawn to the proper degree of tightness.

The post B represents one of a series of posts which in practice are set in line with the end post A. Each of said posts is provided with a bracket, E, made, preferably, of mallea ble iron, and provided with a tubular eye or socket, e, and with attaching flanges or wings e' e', having a slot or opening, e?, between them, as shown iii Fig. i. These brackets are each attached to its post by means of screws, nails, or other fastenings passed through one ot' its wings, as represented in Fig. 4 in full lines, and the wire to be carried by it is inr serted in the open eye or socket e, after which the other flange is bent or sprung down and also fastened to the post, thus closing the socket and securing the wire in place, as shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 4, and by the full the walls ot' the recesses thus formed serve to prevent the vertical movement ot' the pulleys, but do Vnot interfere with their free rotation.

The post Bi* represents a post succeeding the post- B?. but located on lower or higher ground. The `position of this post is such as to render it impracticable to employ upon it either the tubular brackets E or the h0rizontal1ya`r ranged pulleys F, as either of such` devices would tend to more or less bind the wire and prevent its being freely and uniformly stretched or slackened when desired. To overcome this difficulty, however, I employ upon said post a series of vertically-arranged pulleys, G, mounted upon horizontal pivots or axesg, within recesses b in the sides ofthe post, as represented in Fig. l.

To prevent any displacement of the Iend posts, A A2, by the tension of the wires apf Opposite each pulley the post plied to them, I preferably provide each ot`=` saidposts with inclined brace-bars a a, pre`f# erably mortised into the upper part of the post, and extending down, one on each side ofthe wires, to a base-piece, a. Between the inclined bars, near their lower ends, I insert a spacing-block, c, and then through both bars, near said spacing-block, I pass a crossbolt, a, with which is engaged the hooked end of horizontal bar or bolt a4, which passes back through the post near the latters base and is provided with an adjustingnut, a5, on its inner screw-threaded end. of braces tends to keep the post normally upright, and it' from any cause the tension of the wires causes its upper end to lean the application of a wrench to the screw-nut a5 will so draw upon the lower ends of the brace-hars as to restore the post to its normal upright position.

Between each two posts I preferably `arrIhis arrangement,

range one or-more spacing-stays, H, for the purpose of preventing the parting or displacement of the wires and to add to the general strength of the fence. They form of the stay which I prefer to use is shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3. It consists of two parts, hand h. The part h is preferably of wire, and is provided with a series of pairs of vertical eyes or guides, 7i h2, and with lateral recesses or rests h3 for accommodating the line-wires of the fence, said eyes and recesses being preferably formed by bending the wire in the manner shown in Fig. 2. The part h', on the other hand, consists simply of a straight piece of stout wire adapted to be passed through the vertical eyes h2. h2 of the part h, and having a bent upper portion to prevent its slipping out of; the lateral recess h.

of place. In applying these stays all theline- Wires are inserted in the several horizontal recesses, h3, ofthe part h, and then the part h isv passed down,through all the pairs of eyes h2 h2 in succession, thus securely confining all the line-wires and preventing them by any possibility from being displaced laterally or vertically. rlhe strength and stability of the stay are increased by the formation of the eyes and lateral recesses in the manner shown in Fig. 2, wherrin the lateral rests or recesses h3 and the vertical eyes h2 are formed from the material ofthe part 7i, doubled and bent back into the space between the straight vertical portions of the wire, thus bringing the rests orlateral recesses for the line-wire between the, straight portions, and the vertical eyes h2 for/the part h at one side and at the open'end By this means the two parts h andz/ are securely held together, so as ymutually to resist any lateral pressure upon any one ofthe line-wires, while the separation or vertical displacement of the linewires will be resisted by the doubled wire constituting the upper and lower portions of the recess h, and the thrust will be borne by .thestraight portion ofthe p nrt h, as shown.

When the posts are placed a considerable distance apart, or when from other` considerations greater stability is desired, the stays may be connected by any suitable iiexible or jointed connection-such as K-to an anchoring plate, L, of any suitable construction, buried in or otherwise anchored to the ground.

1 This anchoring-plate may be also usedin concircumstances 4serving to draw the nection with the stay where from the unevenness of the ground too large a space is left between thelower wire and the surface of the ground, the anchoringl of the stay under such wire closer tothe ground.

vI. am aware that it is not new, broadly, to secure the wires in a wire fence from vertical movement by means of a spacer composed of -two pieces of wire, the one bentin spiral form and adapted to contain the line-wires between its convolutions, and the second piece of wire passed down through the spiral to hold the line-,wires in position.

HavingK thus described my invention, -l claim as newl. As a means for positioning and sustaining the wire during the stretching operation, and for fasteningI the same to the posts,-the

tubularbracket herein described attached to .the post by one of its ianges, the other ange being raised and the eye open to receive the wire, in combination with the wire and post, substantially as described.

2. Thetubularpost-brackethavingtheopen eye, beveled as described, and langesor wings for securingit to the post, substantially as described.

3. The hereinbefore described improved stay for wire fences, composed, essentially, of a vertical rod or wire provided with a series of pairs of vertical eyes, and a lateral recess between the members of each pair for the re-A ception of the line-wi'res, and a second wire passing through the vertical eyes formed in the irstmentioned wire to close the open side of the lateral recesses, and thus retain the line-wires therein, substantially as described.

4. In a stay for wire fences, a wire for sustaining the line-wires. formed with aseries of vertical eyes, intermediate lateral recesses and connecting straight sections, and a second wire inserted through the said vertical eyes and across the open ends of the lateral recesses, substantially as described. l

5. A stay for wire fences composed of .a wire loopedand bent upon itself to form the lateral recesses and vertical eyes, as described, and the vertical confining-wire passed through the vertical eyes, as set forth.

6. The herein-described improved stay for wire fences, composed of the parts h h', the part h provided'with the vertical eyes or guides h and the lateral recesses or rests h, and the part h passing through the eyes'or guides h2 and closing the lateral recesses has 7. A stay for wire fences composed of two substantially parallel wires, the one provided at intervals throughout its length4 with a series of lateral recesses. substantial-ly in line with the straight portion, for the reception of the line-wires, and with projecting vertical eyes for the reception of the other vertical' rio at 'oneendand provided with a hook at the v,

other for engagement with the said cross-bolt, substantially as described.

' FRANK H. BISSELL. Vitnesses:

FRED E. CHURCH, i tireur.. NEIL. 

